Chapter 81
Bella
I sat on the cold, hard bench outside Ace's room, staring at the closed door as if willing it to open. It was day four, and there had been no movement, no change, nothing from his side. The silence was deafening, and each tick of the clock on the wall felt like a hammer striking my heart. I had tried so hard to find out about his condition, and after what felt like an eternity of pleading and arguing, the doctors finally relented.
"Ace is in a coma," they had said, their faces grim yet cautiously optimistic. "He has faced severe trauma, almost as if he relived his past trauma. His brain is in a slump, but we're hopeful he'll wake up soon. However, there's a risk he might stay in a coma for a long time if he loses the will to wake up."
Their words echoed in my mind, a h
